Do you remember the first time you ever flew alone?
I was recently going through old family albums and came across pictures of my parents dropping me off at Kai Tak to fly off to Bombay on Pan Am - my first flight alone. From the looks of it, i was only around 7-8 years old. I'm pretty sure that this was around the time of my first flight alone...
Although, between 10-13 - i was in boarding school in the UK and i used to fly BA between London-Bombay-Hong Kong quite regularly. These were my best memories of traveling as they used to put us next to the older people on the plane and i always used to get
They used to have a program called 'Skyflyer' or something to that effect which was a Frequent Flier Program for kids travelling alone. In the membership pack, they gave you a logbook (leatherbound), luggage tags, membership cards, and a metal pair of wings!
Around this time, I also joined the BA Executive Club (which i have since lost any status). And just for joining i received a nice leather A5 size leather portfolio with two luggage tags, membership card, and a nice BA pen - all this at the lowest level upon joining!!! Nowadays you get squat!
Do you have any memories of your first flights alone?